If you have to dry the dishes(Such an awful, boring chore)If you have to dry the dishes(‘Stead of going to the store)If you have to dry the dishesAnd you drop one on the floor —Maybe they won’t let youDry the dishes anymore.

“How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes” appears in Shel Silverstein‘s collection ALight in the Attic, available at Amazon.com.

Reblogged this on Teacher as Transformer and commented:
There are always things in life I do not enjoy. One of them is doing dishes. Yet, when I think of times we gather as a family, there are some good memories from after the meal. Doing dishes and many other disliked chores can be times of great memories.